While Call of Duty is often regarded as the epitome of the annualized, cynically produced, lazily constructed videogame franchise, I’ve always maintained that both Infinity Ward and Treyarch expended much more effort than they were ever given credit for.

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Infinity Ward has talked a great deal about Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3’s single-player and Spec Ops components, but it’s waited until Call of Duty XP to show off multiplayer. The trailer above seems to have made it onto YouTube and has given us our very first official look at Modern Warfare 3’s competitive multiplayer.